Deal tray



p i 1931. c. L. WOLFE ET AL I 1,801,708

DEAL TRAY Filed Dec. 6, 192' 5 Sheets-Sheet. 1

A ril 21, 1931. c. L. WOLF]: ET AL 1,so1;7os

DEAL TRAY Filed Dec. 6, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet. 2

c. WOLFE ET A DEAL T A ril 21, 1931- F'iled Dec :5 Sheets-Sheet. 5

Patented Apr. 21, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE CLINTON L. WOLFE, 0F OZONE PARK, AND JOSEPH. A. FAUROT, OF NEW YORKQFT. Y.

IDEAL TRAY This invention relates to deal trays for bank tellers windows and the like and has for its object to provide a tray to be used in conjunction with a bullet-proof panel preferably of bullet-proof glass, which will prevent a robber from shooting between the glass panel and the tray at the teller.

Another object'is to provide a tray of this kind which will permit the teller to shoot through it at the robber.

A further object is to provide a guard for closing the opening between. the panel and the tray to provide further protection from bullets and to prevent drafts.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following specification in which the invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawing. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a plan view of the tray, parts being shown in cross section,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the,

line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1,

F ig. 4 is a-vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional View of Fig. 2 taken through line 55,

Fig. 6 is an elevation View of parts shown in Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7 is a detail view of one form of holding and releasing means for the guard.

Supported on the bullet-proof partition 1 is a counter 2 the surface of which lies in the same horizontal plane with the lower edge of the bullet-proof glass panel 3. A metal tray 4 is set into the counter below the window 3 and extends a sufficient distance on each side of the window to provide a convenient passway for the transmission of money, etc.

under the window. The tray may be fastened in place by screws or other suitable means (not shown). r

A section 6 of the tray immediately below i the window is pivotally mounted in the tray so that it can rotate from the horizontal position shown in Fig. 6 to the upright position shown in Fig. 2. When section 6 is in its upright position as shown in Fig. 2 it forms secured to the trunnion 13 of the flap. The

spring tends to hold the guard in vertical position.

' The housing 11 contains a latch and actuator for the guard. Thelatch consists of a swinging pawl 14 pivoted on an intermediate flange 15 bymeans of. a bolt 16. The pawl is urged inwardly' by a spring 17; and is adapted to engage under the lower edge of flange 18 of the guard to lockth'e guard in vertical position. An arm 19 is secured to the trunnion 20 of the guard, and an operating'lever 21 is pivoted to the housing 11 by means ofa bolt 22. The end of arm 19 is linked to the operating lever by means of a chain 23 which extends through an opening 24 in the intermediate flange 15. It will be seen from Fig. 3that the chain is curved over the latch 14 so that when the operating lever is depressed to open the guard the chain will first be straightened and will thereby retract the latch from locking position. The operating lever may be held down to hold the guard open by means of a simple catch such as that shown at 25 in Fig. 5, which can be operated by means of a foot. lever (not shown) or a solenoid operated bolt 26. The solenoid may be controlled by a suitable foot lever such as that shown in'our copending application SerialNo. 714,474. The guard can be instantaneously closed when necessary by a slight motion of the foot. It may also be kept closed when the teller ls not attending to customers in order to prevent a draft through the passway which is apt to be troublesome where the partition behind which the teller stands is without other openm ,s. sit ion of the flap the flange 18 closes the slot 5 in the bottom of the dish. Q

The bottom of the dish 4 decreases in thickness from the tellers side toward the outside,

It will be seen that in the] closed poand the part outside of the partition is thin enough to allow the teller to shoot through it at a person standing outside. The part inside of the partition 1, on the other hand, is thick enough to stop a bullet and is so curved that a bullet striking the same will be deflected upward at such an angle as not to injure anyone behind the partition.

Having described our invention, We claim:

1. In a cashiers window, a vertical bullet proof partition, a stationary tray arranged below the bottom of said partition and extending a substantial distance beyond the opposite sides thereof and spaced a short distance therefrom to form a passway, said tray having a movable section pivoted on an axis directly under said partition, said section being of bullet proof construction and adapted to swing under said partition to upright position to form a guard closing said pass way.

2. In a cashiers window according to claim 1 resilient means normally urging said novable section to upright position, and releasable means for holding the same in horizontal position.

.3. A cashiers window according to claim 1 in which said tray has an opening therein to receive said movable section, a flange on said movable section adapted to close the opening formed in said tray when said movable section is swung to upright position.

4. A cashiers window according to claim 1, in which said tray has an opening therein to receive said movable section, a flange on said movable section adapted to close the opening formed in said tray when said movable section is swung to upright position, and a latch adapted to engage under said flange to lock said movable section in upright position.

5. A cashiers window according to claim 1, in combination with resilient means normally urging said movable section to upright position, a latch adapted to lock said movable section in upright position, an operating lever, and a flexible link connecting said operating lever to said movable section and curving over said latch when said movable section is in upright position, whereby upon actuation of said operating lever to move said movable section to horizontal position, said link will be straightened and retract said latch from looking position.

6. In a cashiers window, a vertical bullet proof partition, a stationary dished tray arranged below the bottom of said partition and extending a substantial distance beyond the opposite sides thereof and spaced a short distance therefrom to form a passway, said tray having an opening in the bottom thereof and having a movable section arranged therein pivoted on an axis substantially under said partition, said section being of bullet proof 

